A successful party whose litigation was conducted by solicitors lacking practising certificates in the jurisdiction cannot recover those solicitors' costs on taxation from the unsuccessful party, except to the extent of monies already advanced to the uncertificated solicitors on account of costs. An interstate solicitor who lacks the right to practise in the Territory cannot be the principal solicitor conducting Territory litigation; the Territory solicitor must be the principal solicitor responsible for the conduct of the litigation, not merely the agent of the unqualified interstate solicitor.
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